Wednesday, April 30, 2008

This week I had to make a very difficult decision. It will make you laugh, but really, it was hard.

I had to decide if my book will say "Julie Lerman" or "Julia Lerman".

After a LOT of deliberation, I decided to go with my grown up name: Julia Lerman. Which means that any searching on Amazon or whereever for "that book by Julie Lerman" won't find it.

Wednesday, April 30, 2008 8:36:36 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #     |  Comments [6]  | 
Thursday, May 01, 2008 7:53:47 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Julie/Julia,

Don't compromise! I think you should list your name twice as though you were co-authoring it with yourself. "By Julia Lerman and Julie Lerman." An inside joke right there on the cover (making it an outside joke I suppose). Maybe you could convince the publisher to write you two checks, as well.

Rob
Rob Hale
Thursday, May 01, 2008 7:57:12 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Just write two books! One for each name :)
Thursday, May 01, 2008 9:49:53 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
I like Rob's idea. Then we could have an interview with the "authors" and you could contradict yourself, like "Julia wanted to do foo but I argued against it and won."

This is just too cool.

bill
Thursday, May 01, 2008 10:02:08 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Bill
LOL - I don't need any help when it comes to debating myself. It's one of the highlights of being a Libra (always trying to find balance).
Julia Lerman
Thursday, May 01, 2008 12:32:39 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Not many people know this but my first name is "Brian". Keith is actually my middle name. Why my parents decided to use my middle name I don't know. I was a baby and didn't have a say so in the matter. Since my "brand" is Keith Elder and not Brian Elder, my obviously choice would be Keith Elder.

However, in your case I think you could handle it like this:

Julia "Julie" Lerman.

The quotes infer preference. I have a friend who has this in his signature:

Chris "Woody" Woodruff

When I first saw this, I knew everyone called him Woody. The same applies to you I think.

And, if that doesn't convince you to at least put the Julie in there, I would seriously consider making it "Julie" since that is your "brand" and what you are known as. My $.02.
Monday, May 05, 2008 12:06:02 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Shouldn't this be the Julia Lerman Blog then?
Ryan Burdick
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